New York, Aug 19 (JEN) With one in five children still not receiving routine life-saving immunizations, and an estimated 1.5 million dying each year of diseases that could be prevented by va ...

New York, Jul 23 (JEN): No new cases of Ebola were reported in Liberia nor in recent hotspots in West Africa with half the 26 cases in this week’s update from the United Nations World Heal ...

New York, July 1 (JEN) Cuba has become the world’s first country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, “a major victory in our long fight against HIV and sexuall ...

New York, June 23 (JEN) Childhood obesity does not arise from lifestyle choices made by the child, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today, stressing that the huge problem, especially ...

New York, June 20 (JEN) Thailand has confirmed its first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, in a male traveller from Oman, and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday ...

New York, Jan 24 (JEN) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it will hold a special meeting on Ebola on Sunday, as one of its top officials noted that t ...

New York, Aug 6 (JEN) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it will convene a two-day meeting of its emergency committee starting on Thursday to deter ...